धमनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धमनी (dhamanī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəm.niː/, [d̪ʱɐ̃m.niː]

Noun

धमनी • (dhamnī) f (Urdu spelling دھمنی)

1. (anatomy) artery

Declension

Declension of धमनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धमनी dhamnī	धमनियाँ dhamniyā̃
oblique	धमनी dhamnī	धमनियों dhamniyõ
vocative	धमनी dhamnī	धमनियो dhamniyo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धमनी (dhamanī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəm.ni/, [d̪ʱəm.niː]

Noun

धमनी • (dhamnī) f

1. (anatomy) artery

Declension

Declension of धमनी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	धमनी dhamnī
direct plural	धमन्या dhamnyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	धमनी dhamnī		धमन्या dhamnyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	धमनी dhamnī		धमन्यां- dhamnyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	धमनीला dhamnīlā		धमन्यांना dhamnyānnā
ergative	धमनीने, धमनीनं dhamnīne, dhamnīna		धमन्यांनी dhamnyānnī
instrumental	धमनीशी dhamnīśī		धमन्यांशी dhamnyānśī
locative सप्तमी	धमनीत dhamnīt		धमन्यांत dhamnyāt
vocative संबोधन	धमनी dhamnī		धमन्यांनो dhamnyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of धमनी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	धमनीचा dhamnīċā	धमनीचे dhamnīċe	धमनीची dhamnīcī	धमनीच्या dhamnīcā	धमनीचे, धमनीचं dhamnīċe, dhamnīċa	धमनीची dhamnīcī	धमनीच्या dhamnīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	धमन्यांचा dhamnyānċā	धमन्यांचे dhamnyānċe	धमन्यांची dhamnyāñcī	धमन्यांच्या dhamnyāncā	धमन्यांचे, धमन्यांचं dhamnyānċe, dhamnyānċa	धमन्यांची dhamnyāñcī	धमन्यांच्या dhamnyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• नस (nas, “vein”)
• रक्ताभिसरण (raktābhisraṇ, “blood circulation”)
• रक्तदाब (raktadāb, “blood pressure”)
• रक्तपुरवठा (raktapuravṭhā, “blood supply”)
• रक्तपेढी (raktapeḍhī, “blood bank”)
• रक्तपेशी (raktapeśī, “blood cell”)
• रक्तवाहिनी (raktavāhinī, “blood vessel”)
• शीर (śīr, “vein”)
• हृदय (hruday, “heart”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “धमनी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধমনী (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬫᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• ধমনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰦𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀫𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဓမနီ (Burmese script)
• ધમની (Gujarati script)
• ਧਮਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌮𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦩꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂧𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಧಮನೀ (Kannada script)
• ធមនី (Khmer script)
• ຘມນີ (Lao script)
• ധമനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᠮᠠᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘦𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠮᠠᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧆𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐩𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଧମନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢪꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆩𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖦𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ධමනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩴𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚢𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• த⁴மநீ (Tamil script)
• ధమనీ (Telugu script)
• ธมนี (Thai script)
• དྷ་མ་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒧𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨢𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root धम् (dham, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.mɐ.niː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɐ.mɐ.n̪iː/

Noun

धमनी • (dhamanī) stem, f

1. a sort of perfume
2. (also धमनि (dhamani)) a pipe or tube, esp. a canal of the human body, any tubular vessel, as an artery, vein, etc.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धमनी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धमनी (dhamanī)	धमन्यौ (dhamanyau) धमनी¹ (dhamanī¹)	धमन्यः (dhamanyaḥ) धमनीः¹ (dhamanīḥ¹)
vocative	धमनि (dhamani)	धमन्यौ (dhamanyau) धमनी¹ (dhamanī¹)	धमन्यः (dhamanyaḥ) धमनीः¹ (dhamanīḥ¹)
accusative	धमनीम् (dhamanīm)	धमन्यौ (dhamanyau) धमनी¹ (dhamanī¹)	धमनीः (dhamanīḥ)
instrumental	धमन्या (dhamanyā)	धमनीभ्याम् (dhamanībhyām)	धमनीभिः (dhamanībhiḥ)
dative	धमन्यै (dhamanyai)	धमनीभ्याम् (dhamanībhyām)	धमनीभ्यः (dhamanībhyaḥ)
ablative	धमन्याः (dhamanyāḥ) धमन्यै² (dhamanyai²)	धमनीभ्याम् (dhamanībhyām)	धमनीभ्यः (dhamanībhyaḥ)
genitive	धमन्याः (dhamanyāḥ) धमन्यै² (dhamanyai²)	धमन्योः (dhamanyoḥ)	धमनीनाम् (dhamanīnām)
locative	धमन्याम् (dhamanyām)	धमन्योः (dhamanyoḥ)	धमनीषु (dhamanīṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धमनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 510/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 775